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Romantic Comedy
by Curtis Sittenfeld
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Comedy writer Sally Milz has given up on finding love, channeling herself into her work writing for a television late-night live comedy show. When her average-looking male coworker starts dating a celebrity, Sally decides to write a sketch about how that would never happen for an average-looking woman. As she works on the sketch with Noah Brewster, this week's pop music host, she realizes that sparks are flying and her life is looking more and more like a romantic comedy.
Romantic Comedy is a light and cute read that started off well but fails to keep your interest. I loved the setup of Sally and Noah working together at an SNL-style sketch comedy show. However, the book takes a hard turn in the second section, with over 100 pages of pandemic email correspondence that was hard to get into. To make matters worse, once Sally and Noah meet again in person, all the tension completely disappears, making the inevitable happily-ever-after less satisfying.